MPs lambast SABC top brass

20 November |
17:30

Parliament - Suspended SABC financial officer Gugu Duda surprised many at the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) on Tuesday by making an appearance and trying to make her own presentation to MPs.

Committee chairman Themba Godi cut Duda short when she tried to interrupt proceedings to give her own version of woes at the public broadcaster over the past eight years.

“Let the leadership of the SABC board give us the information that they believe and that they agreed was going to be the official version, and if there's any discrepancy, let's have it later,” Godi ruled.

Godi said MPs could not waste time on such matters.

“It looks poorly on us as Parliament... how did we choose you, what kind of people did we choose really?” Godi said while placing his head in his hands.

MPs wasted little time in lambasting SABC board and management members for the lack of internal control which led to the SABC receiving another qualified audit opinion for the 2011/12 book year.